State aid for streets coming to area towns

11:23 PM,
Jun. 18, 2013

Cotter Mayor Peggy Hammack (left) and Cotter Public Works Director Ronnie Smith look over a portion of Powell Street on Tuesday. Cotter was recently notified they will receive $171,000 to resurface about one mile of the city's streets, including Powell Street.

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At least two Baxter County towns and one in Marion County have been notified they will be receiving extra state funding for street resurfacing, according to officials in each jurisdiction.

The funding, for Cotter, Gassville and Yellville, comes from the first year's operation of the new State Aid Street Program of the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department.

The program was established after Arkansas voters passed a temporary half-percent sales tax in November 2012. The temporary tax is due to continue 10 years and finance $1.8 billion in highway construction. The street aid ...